BURLINGTON — Rioting broke out on the University of Vermont campus early Thursday after the Boston Red Sox won the American League pennant over the New York Yankees.

More than 1,000 people gathered on the University of Vermont campus, some of them setting fires, toppling light poles and fences and tipping a van on its side.

City police called for assistance from five other area departments to quell the disturbance.

Officers used pepper spray and rubber-pellet guns to disperse the crowd, which took about three hours.

No injuries were reported, but property damage was extensive, police said.